Silas is a performer!

Silas sang in church this morning! I must say he did an awesome job. He really got into it. I had to post the videos I got of him in action.

He had a lot of fun as you can see. :)

Valentine's Day

Me and my boys! Well we had a fun Valentine's Day. We took Chris' parents to the airport and then Chris and I got to spend the day together in the Quad Cities. We had fun just hanging out and spending time together. We did some shopping and hit a great restaurant we had never tried before. It was called Thunder Bay and we really liked it. Great food. Then we hit a movie, we saw "He's just not that into you" It was pretty good. The boys did great at home. I planned a special treat for them that evening after supper. We did Chocolate fondue. It was a new thing for us all and got a big thumbs up. We had strawberries, angle food cake, banana, marshmallows and graham crackers. It was yummy. Here is video to show our fun! We gave the boys some presents and had fun hanging out. The younger three slept on the airbed in the living room for a special treat. Silas got some fuzzy crocks! Kyle got a new wet suit. He can't wait to try it out! Caleb got some Heely's - he to can't wait to try them somewhere besides my kitchen floor - he and I both! :) Seth got a new sleeping bag!!! He is all ready trying it out! Chris got two new DVD"s Fly Wheel and Fire Proof, I think he is happy! Here are the boys getting ready for their sleep out! Seth gave us all a gift of a new pencil from his special collection, he rocks! Mom's gift was a whole day out on the town with my wonderful husband!!!! Kyle's Valentine party! I think I am still his sweet heart! Kyle's class party. Kyle and his bud Evan. His favorite teacher, Mrs. Wilke We all had a great day all around! Blessed truly blessed!

Silas hits the Dells

Silas is off playing with out us. He was lucky enough to be asked to go to Wisconsin Dells with a good buddy - Nick! The Beckers were nice enough to want to take Silas with them. He is haveing a ball! His brothers are very jealous and say he has no idea how lucky he is. I think he does! Here are some pictures to prove it!

Feb or May??

The temperature in Iowa today was 65 degrees. Unbelievable ! I will take that as a gift. I went for a nice walk and enjoyed the heat wave. Tomorrow it is suppose to be 45 degrees...that is Iowa for you.

The boys are keeping busy taking the ITBS tests and enjoying playing out side after school burning off their extra energy, they even got some bikes out.

We went to the river front for a walk over the weekend. The boys took their new rip stick and Seth and Silas rode their scooters. It was a fun activity before Chris and I wrapped up the taxes to send out for our up coming tax appointment.

Here are some pictures from our walk:

Wrapping up January

Well another month gone, time does fly the older we get. We were kept busy with Caleb beginning play practice every night after school on Jan 12th. The big production day is March 6th. He is enjoying it and having fun which is what I hoped for since I encouraged him to try out. When he got the part I was more excited then he was I believe. The play is Bugsy Malone, and he has the part of Fizzy, the janitor. A small speaking part with one solo. A good way to break into theater. :) Indoor soccer is what took up our other nights of the week along with Wed night Awana, outbreak and bible study group. Kyle did great on Awana Bible quiz night. His team got second, I was very proud of him. We were treated to a warm Sat this last weekend and the boys and I made three snowmen. By the time we went to church at night the big one fell and knock out the baby one. Silas thought that was pretty funny. I will post some pics as soon as i get them down loaded. We had fun with friends watching the Super Bowl. Lots of good food, drink and kids having fun playing together. Fun was had by all. Feb starts out with ITBS testing so we better get our thinking caps out. Bundle up because the groundhog saw his shadow today. BUMMER!